Man who stabbed Tyson Fury's cousin to death in brawl is jailed for life

Liam O’Pray of the murder of Rico Burton the cousin of world heavyweight boxing champion Tyson Fury

Police at the scene were ‘instrumental’ in saving the life of Mr Reilly, but the injuries to Mr Burton, a father-of-one, were so severe he died shortly after in hospital. ‘Yet again this court has to deal with the death, injury and devastation as a result of a knife being taken out. O’Pray had been in one of the bars earlier that evening but was refused entry, later telling the doorman he would be back and ’cause him an issue’.

Mr Reilly then went for the defendant and was slashed twice by him, once to the arm and once to the abdomen.People went to help Mr Burton, who was struggling to breathe and holding his neck before he fell to the floor.A 2cm cut was found to his neck, which was 6cm deep, almost completely dividing his left carotid artery, causing the fatal massive haemorrhage, a post-mortem examination found.

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